Unknown Royalty

Twists

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Hey…okay don't kill me. I just have a hard time with this story. But guess what…I saw the light. lol…jk. I mean is that I've see how to go with this thing …so yeah. I think I can start to update this thing more often since I now know what to do with it.

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Sesshomaru took them and patted Rin on the head. He set the flower on the bench next to him. Then Rin's stare shifted to Hokara. She looked her over for a bit and finally asked, " Who is this, Sesshomaru-sama?"

He took the liberty to surprise Hokara with the truth. " This Rin is Lady Arakoh, Ruler of the Northern Lands."

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" What?" Hokara yelled in shock. She calmed down and added to her first response. " I mean, I don't know who this Lady Arakoh person is, but it's not me. My name is Hokara."

" Its not surprising that you don't remember. They meant it to be that way." Sesshomaru responded nonchalantly.

" Who meant what to be what way?" Hokara was extremely confused.

" Rin, could you please excuse us?" Sesshomaru asked more seriously.

" Sure Sesshomaru-sama!" Rin frolicked off into a different part of the courtyard, leaving the two of them alone.

" You were saying?" Hokara asked more demandingly.

" It was your parents. They hid your memories in inanimate object and put it in the protection of your guardian. You don't remember anything at all?" Sesshomaru asked.

" No… and how do you know all this?" Hokara searched her own mind, trying to remember a little of her past, but nothing came.

" I remember your parents talking with my father, and I remember you." Sesshomaru said thinking back. " I'll tell you."

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In the corner a small youkai prince stayed hidden behind the shadows. He hid and listened to the words of his father and his father's friend.

" So you're saying that this man is after Arakoh." The voice said.

" Yes, I'm afraid it's because of what she is, ruler." The Northern Lands youkai lord replied.

" What she is, Kagato?" The Western Lands youkai lord asked.

" You know her mother is a spell bounding demon. Arakoh will grow up to have immense power. He wants to kill her." Kagato answered.

" Yes, but don't you think at such a young age, that to someone she would slip up and say she was the Northern Lands heir? There has to be a way to make it so that she herself doesn't even know." He accused.

" I know, and we thought of that. My wife has already put the spell on out daughter, but there will come a time when she will need to regain her title." Kagato reminded.

" And how do you supposed that we do this?" The lord asked curiously. He sat down on a chair, awaiting a response.

Kagato stepped forward to present the western lands lord with something. " Here." Kagato handed the lord a small necklace.

" What is this?" The lord said examining the piece of jewelry.

" It's a very important necklace. It holds all of Arakoh's memories. Once broken they will return to her." He answered wisely.

" So are you giving this to her for safe keeping?" The lord asked handing the necklace back.

" No." Kagato sharply countered, " It's too risky." He paused. " I was hoping to put it in the hands of your first son, Sesshomaru."

" Why choose one of my sons?" He asked shocked.

" You are a dear friend, and since we had to call of the pre-engagement with Sesshomaru and Arakoh, I figured he should be the one to hold it so that maybe one day they will find love." Kagato chuckled. " One day."

" Alright Kagato, I'll do it and good luck against this man." The lord paused to think. " What was his name?"

Kagato cringed. He balled his fist up and in a rasp voice replied, " Okono."

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"Still how can this be me?" Hokara asked with uncertainty.

" The name." Sesshomaru simply replied.

" The names are different. What do you mean?" She asked impatiently.

" Spell your current name backwards." He said returning to his serious state of mind. He grabbed a stick and wrote it out on the ground. ' Hokara… Arakoh.' He let her look at them for a second. Then he finally said, " Hokara is just flipped for Arakoh. Simple as that."

" That's just a coincidence." She grumbled.

" Well, you are a demon all of a sudden. You have the marking of royalty on your forehead. You personally don't know your past…what more proof do you need?" Sesshomaru asked, shifting slightly in his seat.

" That necklace." Arakoh paused for a second. " Your father said that you had it. Well, do you?" She asked impatiently.

" Yes." He put his hand in his shirt and pulled up a necklace, dangling around his pale neck. It was a small black vial. You could tell that there was something mystified about it.

" Well, why don't you break it!?!" Arakoh yelled.

" Are you sure?" Sesshomaru asked, his words for once, full of care.

" Yes." Arakoh muttered, lowering her voice.

Sesshomaru placed the small vial in his hand, muttering a few words. He then squeezed, the bottle broke and a transparent purple mist escaped from the vial. It floated there for a minute, just gaining altitude. It then set its sights on Arakoh. The mist engulfed her, swirling around. She gasped slightly and then suddenly an enormous stinging sensation ran its coarse threw her body. The pain was not subsided. It felt like her lungs were collapsing, she could barely breath.

' You have served my purpose.' The man said inside of Sesshomaru's head. The voice pulled himself out of Sesshomaru and threw him aside. " You'll be dead soon you pathetic girl."

" Ahhh!!!!" Arakoh screamed. She opened her eyes just in slits; she could see the man before her. " Okono you bastard! What did you do to Lord Sesshomaru?!" Lighting filled the mist and shocked Arakoh several times.

" It was the only way I could get closed to you. Once I saw that he took you I followed him and found you. I went in his mind and found the memories. Simple as that… and you fell for it. You're too trusting, my dear."

" Why…do… you want… me …dead?" Arakoh gasped.

" Because, I was your father's advisor, but once he had you, he decided to put you as the next to rule! You were just a girl, a helpless girl, and I had helped him take over the lands. I was his brother for god sake, but he chose you." Okono hissed. Minutes passed and Arakoh was on the ground, barely alive. " It's all your fault and now you will die!!!!"

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Hey! Yeah I know…cliffy…but its more fun for me that way. That chappie probably wasn't the best, but give me a break. Okay since I got that out of my system, I will probably be ending this thing soon…so yeah! Praise me! I loved doing this…so fun. Also, in a couple chapters I will be ending my other story Mine Forever, but it will probably take more than this one has left. I just have gotten so into my X-Men Evolution fics that I was having a hard time doing my Inuyasha ones. That's all. I don't know if I am going to do another Inuyasha fic for a while or not…what do you think? Should I, because I love to do them, I just have to get back into the mode with them, as my sister puts it. Well byes now and please review!!! Thanks!

~Suraka-chan~